Word Origin & History

chart 1571, "map for the use of navigators," from M.Fr. charte "card, map," from L. charta (see card (n.)). The verb is from 1851. The M.Fr. form originally served for all senses in Eng., but after 14c. It. carta supplanted it for "playing card," etc.; while from 16c. Fr. charte became the accepted term for "map."

Example Sentences for chart

Luckily, we've got an explainer chart below for some clarity on who's offering what data plan, and for how much.

To smooth the data, the chart is based on three-month moving averages of the price.

But by adding characteristics you can make a bigger chart.

Our chart presents a selection of nuclear incidents and their ranking on the scale.

In this lesson students will collect information about countries, then enter that information on a chart.

Big price jumps become more common as the turbulence of the market grows-clusters of them appear on the chart.

Three or four times a day, they would take the water's temperature and record it on a chart.

Check the chart below to calculate the area that will be covered by a specified number of plants set out at various spacings.

The chart shows that the overall trends long predate the financial crisis.

Ask students to look at the data on the average daily high temperatures chart.